Hugh Nelson

Hugh Nelson (30 September 1768-18 March 1836) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 21) from 4 March 1811 to 3 March 1813 (succeeding David S. Garland and preceding Thomas Newton Jr.) and from VA-22 from 1813 to 1823 (preceding Alexander Smyth).

Biography
Hugh Nelson was born in Yorktown, Virginia in 1768, and he served in the State Senate from 1786 to 1791, in the House of Delegates from 1805 to 1809 and from 1828 to 1829, in the US House of Representatives from 1811 to 1823, and Minister to Spain from 1823 to 1824. He died in Albemarle County in 1836 at the age of 67.